See:

Farm with Java ME tech

Here's a quote:

 Have you ever wondered what it 
 would be like to run your own 
 fully working farm? Looking after 
 chickens, sheep and cows, 
 producing cakes, wool, butter and 
 cheese.

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Well it's that time again for the rest of the world to enjoy that sport with that round ball that they call football (hmmffph!). That's not football. Where are the styrofoam number one fingers and beer holder helmets in the stands? Whatever. At least they can follow the action with a Java ME tech-enabled app.

See:

FIFA World Cup for Java ME

Here's a quote:

 Handmark and Goal.com plan to 
 release Goal.com Mobile in 
 multiple languages and 
 additional platforms, including 
 iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile 
 and J2ME-based devices, in the 
 coming months.

 To download Goal.com Mobile now, 
 visit www.handmark.com or 
 http://m.goal.com/app directly 
 from your mobile browser.

Feh. Let's see them do that with a 300 lb. guy in pads chasing after them.

Hinkmond

See:

Droid is not greener

Here's a quote:

 A slew of problems have made managing 
 Android apps a “nightmare,” they say, 
 including three versions of the OS 
 (Android 1.5, 1.6 and 2.0), custom 
 firmware on many phones, and hardware 
 differences between different models.

 For users, it means apps in the store 
 could be buggy, might not work well 
 depending on their handsets, and 
 could deliver a frustrating experience.

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While the iPhone App Store Nazis keep turning away mobile app submissions that might have any hint of porn, a new start-up company named MiKandi (pronounced "my candy") is busy cranking away on their porn for their small devices. (Sounds like a euphemism to me) First, they'll focus on Android, then on to BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Java ME enabled phones, in a veritable ménage-à-quatre.

See:

More Mobile Porn for Everyone Else

Here's a quote:

 ...MiKandi plans on an e-mail 
 marketing campaign to get the 
 word out. MiKandi representatives 
 say it has plans to port its app 
 to BlackBerry and Windows Mobile 
 devices as well as Java-
 compatible mobile phones in early 
 2010.

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See:

Moto Droid sucks

Here's a quote:

 The software (Google’s Android plus 
 apps both from Google and from other 
 developers) doesn’t work and is 
 unacceptable on a mobile device. 
 First, the operating system doesn’t 
 work well enough to be considered a 
 mobile OS. A mobile phone needs to 
 have an OS that is really tied down 
 and ready to perform at all times, 
 like for receiving phone calls. This 
 one isn’t.

Normally, I would suggest that Java ME technology could save a sorry-*ss phone like the Droid. But, in this case... I don't know if anything (even Java ME) can save the Droid (in Stewart Alsop's view that is). :-)

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Yes, you've heard me complain about the lack of (official) Java ME technology on the Google Android phones that have been shipping. But, the Cold War is over! Myriad will provide Java ME on the upcoming LG Android phones. Start pre-ordering the LG GW620 Android phones now. (Doesn't hurt that Sun Microsystems will get royalties for each device with Myriad's Java ME stack, ya know) ;-) About damn time! :-)

See:

Finally, Sun will get royalties from Android

Here's a quote:

 - Myriad chosen as major OMA and
   J2ME applications provider
 - New device to be available on 
   both Orange and Rogers networks

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If you like entering contests, here's the Alcatel-Lucent sponspored Navteq Global LBS Contest. So, get ready with your Java ME LBS app, because you can win. What? These things aren't like rigged or anything like that. No, really!

See:

Enter the Navteq Global LBS Challenge

Here's a quote:

 Alcatel-Lucent is a proud sponsor 
 of the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge, 
 the premier competition in the 
 wireless industry, which invites 
 developers to build location-based 
 services (LBS) apps using NAVTEQ 
 digital maps.

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More signs of the crumbling Apple iPhone empire: Rogue Amoeba's Paul Kafasis said he is throwing in the towel on iPhone app development.

See:

No more iPhone app development

Here's a quote:

 "Rogue Amoeba no longer has any 
 plans for additional iPhone 
 applications, and updates to our 
 existing iPhone applications will 
 likely be rare," said Kafasis. 
 "The iPhone platform had great 
 promise, but that promise is not 
 enough..."

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Snaptu is a free Java ME technology-enabled mobile app that offers a selection of interfaces into different popular services, like Twitter, Facebook, and, and, uhhh... did I say Twitter already? How about Facebook? Well, are there any other services other than Twitter and Facebook?

See:

Snap to it with Snaptu

Here's a quote:

 A fast and easy way to 
 access the Internet on 
 your phone. Turns your 
 existing phone into a 
 cool Internet device.
 Works on hundreds of 
 phone models.

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RIM loves Java ME for their BlackBerry. It's a nice, tight and secure environment on which to do mobile programming. But, it's also addictive. To make it even more addictive, RIM is upping the dosage and putting in new features to make it faster and easier to build mobile apps versus the iPhone and Droid smartphone.

See:

CrackBerry becoming more addictive

Here's a quote:

 RIM's BlackBerry operating 
 system runs on a form of Java, 
 known as J2ME, and is 
 considered less appealing to 
 developers in part because 
 of the tight security on the 
 BlackBerry.

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Around the world, developers love Java ME technology to solve their problems. In India they are using Java ME tech to sync handheld devices that track cargo shipments, even when not within range of a cellular wireless network.

See:

Track it offline with Java ME

Here's a quote:

 "Sometimes we faced GPRS connectivity 
 challenges," says Kumar. To solve this, 
 offline software was developed in J2ME, 
 which captures the image and 
 information and synchronizes with the 
 central database whenever a GPRS 
 connection next presents itself. 

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Here's a study from Retrevo painting iPhone users as being shallow and vapid, favoring cool gadgets over intelligence and using their iPhones for dubious purposes. Well, you'd hardly see this type of behavior from Java ME cell phone users. ;-)

See:

iPhone Users are Shallow

Here's a quote:

 Retrevo asked, "What makes a 
 person most attractive to you?" 
 iPhone owners preferred cool 
 gadgets over a college degree 
 three to one.

 One in three iPhone owners say 
 that, if their partner had out-
 of-date gadgets, it would be a 
 turnoff.

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No need to protect spotted owls from Java ME technology. Even though logging is powerful with Java ME, it doesn't mean the cute and adorable little Strix occidentalis will have to go the way of the Dodo bird.

See:

Support powerful logging w/Java ME

Here's a quote:

 Have you been in a situation like 
 this? Have you ever wanted to log 
 from your MIDlet? Read on, and I 
 will teach how to add powerful 
 logging to your MIDlets.

Here's yet another company taking the multi-platform approach. EyeMags has created a service that creates small snippets of personal content for the iPhone, Symbian, and Java ME technology. Time and time again, mobile developers program to the iPhone for the hype, but then program to Java ME for mass deployment--a recipe for success.

See:

Multi-platform with Java ME

Here's a quote:

 Following our successful launch 
 of the iPhone App Creation tool 
 last week, further work with the 
 top end Smartphone market sees 
 us launch support for these 
 latest Nokia and Sony Ericsson 
 Smartphones. Both these 
 technologies build on top of the 
 mobile Java (J2ME) applications 
 used for all other devices.

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Allthingsd.com ran an article about how Larry Ellison is known for his following of Sun Tzu's The Art of War. Keen observation, Grasshopper. But, you have not applied what you know to be true...

See:

The Art of Sun/Oracle

Here's a quote:

 Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is 
 famous for his admiration of 
 The Art of War, Sun Tzu’s 
 sixth-century treatise on 
 battle tactics. And it’s 
 served him well in his long-
 running battle with SAP and 
 Oracle’s hostile bid for 
 PeopleSoft. But it may get 
 him in trouble when it comes 
 to Oracle’s (ORCL) dealings 
 with the European 
 Commission...

Always create a diversion, so that no one knows what you truly care most about... Watch and learn what Sun Tzu really teaches about what to do with what you really want, what you really, really want...

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